Education, Health First in Cuba Budget
Cuba will assign in 2007 22.6 percent of its Gross Domestic Product for public health and education, a figure that is four times the standard of the Latin American nations for those sectors.

Bolivia to Prioritize Jobs in 2007
The Bolivian government ratified that among its main goals in 2007 is boosting the creation of employments, Treasury Minister Luis Alberto Arce said Sunday.

Fire, blasts kill seven, injure 54 at Venezuelan market
A fire in Maracaibo in the western Venezuelan state of Zulia killed seven people and injured 54 others, said John Bravo, commander of the Maracaibo Fire Brigade on Sunday.

Brazilian president signs Atlantic habitat protection into law
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday approved a new law to protect the Atlantic shore jungle, a habitat which is in danger of extinction.